Tag: inheritance

The tribe of Benjamin chuck a Sodom and Gomorrah and do something terrible, only this time there aren’t angels to interfere and strike everyone with blindness. THEN, they act all defensive when the other tribes get upset. THEN, they go to war against the rest of the country. THEN heaps of people die. Such a dumb thing to have happen. This isn’t the last time that Israel fights with itself, but it can definitely be agreed that it was the first.

Israel is beginning to spiral out of control following the death of Joshua. They’ve taken Jerusalem, but then they are oppressed by Cushion Man and his forces for a number of years. Who will God rise up to deliver the people? None other than Caleb’s nephew/son-in-law (don’t think about it), Othniel!

Lithuanian language tricks, a guy gets a personal priest and worships idols, which get stolen by other Israelites and worshiped elsewhere. How the people have fallen! We lay the ground work before we talk about the first judge.

What do you think? Did we miss anything? Let us know! Ryan later finds out that Dan did not initially settle where he thought, but he doesn’t realise that this week. Haha.

Another book has come and gone. This time, we discuss tribal land allotments, roasts, deal with a couple internet issues, hear about how Jeremy and Ryan met, conclude our thoughts on Joshua and the conquest of Canaan, ask some dumb questions and undoubtedly get a bunch of things wrong.

After many, many years in a foreign land and wandering around the wilderness, Israel finally enter Canaan and set about claiming their inheritance. God does a miracle, people hear of it and are afraid, and so on.

As we stated in episode 57, Deuteronomy is basically Moses’s speech at the end of his life, so we didn’t feel like we needed to hang out there too long! Moe dies on the mountain and Joshua takes over. Who wrote the last chapter of Deuteronomy if Moses supposedly wrote the whole Torah? What is Israel’s goal as they cross the Jordan and enter the Promised Land? All these and questions and more. (Also, a cheeky ska song)

A few of the tribes decide to cash in their inheritance before crossing the Jordan, and we talk about what that means in the long run. Also, a shout out to everyone named Joseph! And we finish the fourth of five books in the Torah!